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In the holiday season, I love to make cookies to offer as a gift or to eat after cross-country skiing. I wanted to make biscotti for a long time and I found the inspiration of the recipe on the new yorker site smittenkitchen, adapted from a recipe from the New York Time. These biscotti are very rich in cocoa, crisp and do not contain added fat! Makes about 50-60 biscotti Ingredients: 2 cups unbleached flour 1/2 cup…

It’s already the end of this wonderful summer 2016 and markets abound fruits and vegetables. After cooking the plum compote, here are fluffy muffins, filled with pieces of plums. Hard to eat just one! I have used in my recipe 1/3…

The benefits of kefir on health are numerous, thanks to its probiotic bacteria. Plain kefir has a tangy taste, so if you use that kind of kefir, you can mix it with honey or maple syrup. In this recipe, I used…

Do you cook with garlic scape? Consumed for centuries in Asia, the Mediterranean and in Eastern Europe, it is gaining popularity in Quebec. It is sometimes available at the grocery store, but to buy larger quantities at a cheaper price, the best…

A great summer dish directly from the garden, this salad is composed by the first harvest. You can use the leafy greens you have on hand and add thinly sliced cucumber, onion, pepper. This year, I replaced the green kale by the red…

This Mediterranean salad is very summery and tasty. I advise you to assemble it just before serving to prevent it from becoming soggy. Watermelon is the most lycopene-rich food, a powerful and important antioxidant in the prevention of some cancers. It…